The judge postpones the decision in the CNN case

In any case, it is only the first round. By filing a temporary prohibition order, CNN is asking what is called "emergency relief". CNN claims that Acosta's First Amendment rights are violated every day he is banned from White House land.

CNN also requests a "permanent remedy", which means that the judge stated that Trump's revocation of the Acosta press card was unconstitutional. This legal conclusion could protect other journalists from reprisals from the administration.

But the judge will not rule on this point yet. Kelly should only intervene on the temporary status of the Acosta press card.

According to CNN's lawyers, new hearings are likely to take place in the coming weeks.

Kelly, a Trump appointee, sits in the federal government a little over a year ago. He was very curious at Wednesday's hearing, asking hard questions to both sides, deepening some of CNN's arguments.

A Justice Department lawyer, James Burnham, argued that the Trump White House had the right to dismiss any journalist at any time for any reason.

Burnham, who was tasked with defending President Trump and several CNN collaborators and the trial of Jim Acosta, responded to a hypothetical Kelly. Burnham said it would be perfectly legal for the White House to revoke a reporter's press card if it does not approve their reports. "Right … yes," he said.

Burnham's comment in court clearly explained the issue of CNN v. Trump.

Lawyer Theodore Boutrous, CNN's representative in court, called Trump's decision to revoke Acosta's "right-handedness" definition of arbitrariness and capriciousness.

"What are the standards?" Boutrous asked. "Coarseness is not a standard, if that was the case, no one could have gone to the press conference."

Boutrous also said that Trump was "the most aggressive, dare you be rude, no one in the room" at press conferences.

Burnham says CNN has made a "strange claim to the First Amendment" and suggests that Acosta could do his job "just as effectively" by watching the president's appearances in a CNN studio. In response, Boutrous said the Justice Ministry had "a fundamental misconception of journalism".